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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

RECENTLY A. CarutherS, David Porter
and John Thurston started to walk to St
Paul, Mimi, from Coal Mine, twelve miles
north. Caruthers only arrived alive, the
other two being frozen to death.
THE coal dealers in New York City re.
Gently advanced the price of coal, as the
article was getting scarce in consequence
of the strike of the coal handlers.
AT the GlendOn stone quarries, neal
Easton. Pa, five chambers, 200 feet long
and sixty feet high, were recently filled
with twenty-five and half tons Of giant
powder and exploded by electricity, dis
placing mass of rock estimated at 200, ,0OJ
to 5OO,O 900 tons.
REV. FATHER STUMPE, pastor of st. AIMS
Church, New York, disappeared a short
time ago with large amount of money
raised by the church for the purpose of
erecting new building.
A DISPATCH from Lo.don said that it was
row certain that the recent mail robberies
in Belgium were perpetrated by gang OF
skilled Anglo-Amerlcan thieves.
IN the House on the Sth Mr.. Cox, of North
Carolina. from the Committee on Civil Ser
vice Reform, reported back the Senate bill
repeating the Tenure OF Office act. The
House then went into Committee of the
Whole ON the bill consolidating certain
bureaus of the Navy Department. After
some discussion on the bill the committee
rose. The Senate resolution was afterward
passed appointing James p. ANGEL a men,
Der of the Board of Regents of the Smith
soHian Institute. Mr.. Hlscock, of New
York, introduced a bill to reduce internal
taxation by removing the taxes on native
tobacco and offering bounties TO American
sugar producers. Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
presented an amendment to the Pacific
Railroad Funding bill, and Mr.. Willis, of
Kentucky, reported the River and Harbor
dill and then the House adjourned.
THE German ship Elizabeth. from HAM
burg to Baltimore, was recently wrecked
with all her crew on the Virginia coast, near
he Little Island life-saving station, 40
Iiles south of Cape Henry. Not less than
twenty. seven lives, including FIVE life-say-
ing men, were lost.
A FIRE at New York recently destroyed
the ive-story brick building and contents
At Nos. $50 and 532 West Thirtieth street
The hrst floor was occupied by the owner,
George Siemer, as a kindling- wood factory,
and there the fire began. Several firemen
were hurt by falling walls. The estimated
loss is Sl25, 600, with some insurance. Cause
unknown
A LARGE fire started early on the morn
ing Of the 9Th at Lawrence, Kan, and did
1amage TO the amount of nearly quarter
IF a million dollars. The waterworks had
Just been completed, but an unfortunate
break rendered them useless.
WHILE shifting engine 90 on the Pitt $
burgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago road was
standing recently on siding at Manches-
.er, Allegheny City, train of coke cars
lashed into it Engineer John Criddle and
Fireman Fletcher Ague were both caught
IN the wreck and terribly crushed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
THE Senate met on the 4th, and as soon as
the journal was read Senator Cullom announced
the death OF Senator Logan, and on his motion
out Of respect TO the memory of deceased the
Senate adjourned. -. The House met and after
the resignation of Mr.. Hewitt, as a member
from New York city, the death of Sen
ator Logan was announced and the House ad-
journed.
IN the Senate on the 5th Mr.. Mitchell, of
Pennsylvania reported a bill granting pension
of 2 GOA year TO the widow OF General Logan.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered resolution calling on
the Secretary Of the Treasury for statement
of the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads to
the Government January /, 1887, which brought
on quite debate, and was finally passed over.
The conference report on the Interstate Com
merce bill was then debated until adjournment.
.... In the House the Indian Appropriation bill
was considered in Committee Of the Whole and
finally passed 1t appropriates BIB, 100. The
Military Academy bill also passed. The Speaker
laid before the House the resignation of James
W. Reid, OF the Fifth North Carolina district.
The House then, in Committee of the Whole,
took up the bill for the consolidation Of certain
bureaus Of the Navy Department and then ad-
journed.
IN the Senate On the 9th Mr.. Henderson
stated that stronger and more urgent demand
of Captain Crawford while in pursuit of
Geronimo and introduced bill for the relief of
Crawford's heirs. The Senate then took up and
agreed to Mr.. McPherson's resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for statement
Of the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads,
and then passed the bill granting pension of
q, ZOO to the widow Of General Logan. A bill
offered by Mr.. Vest increasing the pension
of the widow Of General F. p. Blair to
1900 year was also passedA The Interstate
Commerce bill was then taken up and debated
until adjournment -. In the House. in Commit
tee of the Whole, the bill was considered for the
permanent improvement of the Erie and Oswego
canals. At the expiration of the morning hour
the House again went into Committee OF the
Whole on the Naval Reorganization bill, which
was debated until adjournment.
IN the Senate on the 7th bill passed to
settle and adjust the claims of any State for ex-
pense incurred for defense of the United States.
Several private bills passed. The House bill
for sbhool of instruction at Fort
Riley, Kan, was amended by appropriating
$4,000 for Fort D. a. Russell and $1,000 for
Fort Robinson, Neb., and passed. The Inter
state Commerce bill was laid over till Monday
After an executive session the Senate adjourned
until Monday .... In the House the Senate bill
the act providing for the sale of the
Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian reservations in
Nebraska and Kansas was passed. The House
in Committee OF the Whole devoted most of the
lay to private bills and passed about a dozen.
At the evening session forty-two pension bills
passed, including one granting pension Of $50
per month to the widow of General Durbin
Ward
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
A SMALLPOX Scare.

NEW York, Jan. S.-An epidemic Of small
pox is feared in Brooklyn. The first case
occurred week or moro ago in a densely
populated portion Of the city, where there
were 10000 people in houses lily built on
land which has been reclaimed from a
swamp. 1t is openly charged that the
board Of health has been derelict in the
matter, has suffered number Of cases
Of smallpox to pass unnoticed; has re-
moved patients to the pest house without
due regard to the safety of the neighbors
from contagiou. permitting children TO con-
gregate near by when patients were being
removed from their houses to the van, and
that persons whose clothing was infected
were allowed 10 go about the streets at will.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

A YOUNG sailor named Welch, in the
United States Navy. is credited with
having invented a remarkable and COM
plete life buoy, 1t is circular belt in
which are mounted six vertical hollow
tubes. These are filled with, first,
Greek fire in sufficient quantity to burn
fifty seconds; second, Roman candles
that explode every ten seconds, and,
third, with sort of rocket to which are
attached life lines. These as the rocket
explodes are projected in six different
directions, giving the drowning man rs
many chances for his life.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
A Fraudulent Firm.

NEW YoRK. Jan The Supreme Court
yesterday granted attachments against the
assetts Of the insolvent firm Of E. n. Fos-
ter & Co, at the instance Of Messrs- Blum
ensted & Hersch, on behalf Of A s. Henry
& Co., manufacturers Of silk plush at Man
chester, England, upon claims for over 49,
DO0 and Joseph Brooks & Co, Of Bradford,
England, on q claim for S25,495. 1t is
charged that Foster & Co. have re-
moved and disposed Of their property
with intent to defraud the creditors, and
made fictitious preferences to relatives in
the assignment filed last month. The ale
CATION is made that Forter & Co., who were
upholsterers in this city purchased goods
abroad, ehich were pledged for loans.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
Two More Wrecks.

ELNIRA, n. Y, Jan. Sat four o'clccl
yesterday morning the west bound Erie
express train, No. 13, came into collision
with an engine, upon which were seven
men. in the Southport yard in this city.
Conductor Wheeler had his collar bone
broken in two places. Engineer A. Wal
lace, Fireman Griffin, Express Messenger
Cromwell and a brakeman werc badly
bruised, but not seriously injured, En-
gines Nos. 524 and 81 and one express car
were wrecked. The gest bound track
was blocked for nine hours. At Painted
Post, trains were also delayed by another
wreck, in which several cars were burned
and brakeman named Mum, of Elmira,
was slightly injured.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

THE New York Supreme Court re-
Gently decided that baby life insurance
was illegal. The precise ground of the
decision was that children can not be
insured because they are incapable of
making contracts, but it is a fact that
the knowledge that the death of an
infant will be monetary benefit to its
parents or guardians has too often re-
duced the care which would otherwise
be bestowed upon it, and thus infantile
mortality has heen increased
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

EIGHTY years Is long time for any
living person to have his name borne on
an army list, but that is an honor which
is now enjoyed by the Emperor of Ger
many. A great deal of history has
been made in the seventy-two years
which have passed since William took
an active part in the campaign which
resulted in the overthrow of the great
Napoleon, and William has aided in
making some of the most stirring chap
ters in it.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

A PHILADELPHIA doctor, who was
mortified once because remarks were
made on account of his taking a little
nip from a pocket flask, has invented a
method of carrying refreshments that
is likely to be popular in prohibition
States. His invention is little capsule
of rubber, looking much like grape.
which is filled with liquor and distended
until it assumes the form and semblance
of large and juicy fruit These grapes
Eold about pony glass The thin rub
Der breaks as easily as a grape SKIN be-
tween the teeth, and no one would
think they VI ere not real grapes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
HeductIon OF Hour. and a Strike.

NEw ORLEANS, Jan THE new labo.
law, regulating the hours of labor for
women and children employed in factories,
went into operation yesterday. 1t fixed a
days labor for all boys under eighteen
and all women at ten hours, or sixty hours
a week, from which one hour each day Is
to be deducted for dinner. The owners Of
the Maginniss & Lane cotton mills, who
employ a large number of woman and
boys, announced yesterday that they
would obey the law and reduce the hours
Of labor, but that this would require them
TO reduce the pay ten per cent Upon
hearing this a number Of employees struck
and left the mills
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

Mr.. HEWITT recently announced that
it was his purpose, as mayor of New
York, to give the people the kind of adj
ministration they had been clamoring
for, and Danish politics from the City
Hall for two years to come. The reso-
luton is an excellent one, and it is to
be hoped that he has the courage and
perseverance to carry it out
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

On the anniversary of the death of
Alphonso XII. of Spain, the Queen
Regent founded an asylum for persons
invaded by hard work, and the lead
ers ia Spanish society have subscribed
liberally to the fund for its endowment.
A good example which should be fol-
lowed everywhere.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

OLD and mutilated bank notes when
returned to the United States Treasury
are chopped up and made into pulp
which is nodded into various shapes
and forms. The latest design is min
iature bust of Mrs. Cleveland, which
has a ready sale. 1t takes ten thou
sand dollars worth of old bank notes to
make one of these designs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

CofToN has long since ceased to be
king among the crops of the
country at large, and there is a prob
ability that it will soon lose the scepter
even in the South. Other crops have
proven to be far more profitable, and
they are gradually gaining on cotton in
the contest for supremacy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

SOME months ago the natives of a
certain district in Australia predicted
the approach of floods and left their
low-lying villages for the higher coun-
try. The floods came several weeks
later, and the natives said that their in
formation had been gathered from the
ants, which had built their nests in the
trees, instead of, as usual, on the ground.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

THE savings banks of New York State
have $475, 900, 900 on deposit, and a sur
plls above all liabilities of $50, 900, 600.
Ths Massachusetts savings banks have
S29: 100000 in deposits and $5,000,00O
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, is q ver-
liable mascot. 1t is reported that
lately in a single day he made four mil
lion dollars. This, however, lis not an
everyday occurrence with him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

Cue SLOSsON has been
sued for twenty-five thousand dollars
damages by James E. Fellows, of Chi
cago, the man whom SlOsson had arrest
cd for perjury a short time ago.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

A PHILADELPHIA paper thinks it
curious that with all of our smartness
in this age of ingenuity We have in
vented nothing that can take the slip
nerincSS ont of ice.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

THE winter carnival at Montreal will
be held from February z to II. The
ice castle will inclOse an area of four
teen thousand square feet, and be of an
entirely new design.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

THE Doodle Aldermen of New York
are more enthusiastic in their admir3t-
ton for the great Anglo-SaxOn right of
trial by jury.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
"A Higham { Mass } lady who CON

"A Higham Mass lady who COM
planned of being unable to tell her
mince pies from her apple pies without
testing was advised to mark them. She
did so, and complacently announced:
This I've marked It. M.'-'tis mince;
an that I've marked 7. M.'-'taint
nince. ."-B0ston Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

IT is announced that Queen Victoria
will give away two thousand titles and
decorations at her jubilee.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

The reflection of the electric lights at
New Orleans, La, can be plainly seen
at the fifty-one mile point on the Mis-
sissippi river below.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

SENATOR STANFORD is said TO have
spent fully ten thousand dollars in pur-
chasing Christmas presents for the
poor of Washington
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

The iron and steel trade of the United
States in 1886 was active, but it is eX-
pected to be still more active in 1887.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-13

A YOUNG Italian named Vincenzo,
with a mezzo-sOpranO voice, has gone
to Paris to seek his fortune on the stage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-07
NOTICE.

Specifications Of shed or tabernacle
for the German Settlement Camp
Ground, to be let out to the lowest bid
der, at said Camp Ground, on SATUR-
DAY. May IA. 1887, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. /:
The shed to he 40xeO feet, with 4 rows
Of posts, lengthwise. Posts to he If the
best lightwood. not under 6 inches in
diameter at small end. and to be put in
the ground three feet The posts tu lie
10 feet apart. making % posts in all.
Tho two inner rows Of posts are to be
10 feet from the outer rows. and feet
higher than the outer posts. fastened by
20-penpy spikes to the plates. Four
plates. GO feet long each; the plates TO
be Of peeled pine POLES or square tim
Der, sufficiently large for the building.
Rafters feet apart, to be OF pee led
poles. :aced on one side tn straight en-.
or scantling 2x5. Said tabern scle TO be
covered with heart pine boards, 3 feet
long. showing IL inches to the weather;
seven joists, extending from one inner
plate to the other. we'll pinned. The
shed to lie 81 feet high Mt the caves, and
gable ends weather-bOarded. The raft
ers 10 extend one foot beyond the outer
plates, and the roof to extend one foot
be- You'd the iafters. To he finished
by August Is, 1887. The knild-
ing Cor mittee reserving the right to re-
ject all bids. The nails and spikes fol-
the building will be furnished.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-07

Probably the most remarkable
will ever made was drawn up by
Alderman Hartman, of Pittsburg,
on Thursday, Feb. "a. 1887. Tue
testator, Ambrose Bstharge, who is
fifty-two years of age. after dispos.
ing of $1U. 900 in real estate. directs
as follows:
Il direct that my body be taken
to St MicLael's Church, and after
the proper religious services are
performed. that it be given in
charge Of my family, who will con.
vey it to Samson's crematory, and
there have it burned to ashes, the
ashes to be put in a small bottle
and given in charge of the German
consul in Pittsburgh. This gentle
man will then forward my ashes to
the Consul in New York, who will
give them in charge of the captain
of the German steamer Eliza, who
will place them securely in his ship
for the ocean voyage. When at
mid-ocean I direct the captain 10
request one of the passengers to
dress in a sea-faring suit aud ascend
with my ashes in his hand to the
top OF the topmost mast. and. after
pronouncing last benediction. t.
extract the cork from the bottle
and cast it's contents to the fonl
wirds of heaven. I direct also
while this ceremony is being per,
formed. that it be witnessed by al
passengers on board. After th.
Eliza has completed her trip and re
turned again to New York. l wan
a full statement Of my death ant
the scattering of my asies in mid
ocean published in the Pittsburs
papers. SO that my friends in thi
city shall know IN, burial place"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-07
SIXTEENTH SECTIONS.

EFFORTS OF THG STATE OFFICERS To
DISCOVER TO WHOM SCHOOL FUNDS
ARE DUE-wHERE THE FAULT LIES.
fTimes.Demccra
Baron RoUGE. May 3.-Attenticn
having been directed to certain
newspaper articles in reference to
interest due the townships on the
capital fixed by article 233 of the
Constitution. upon inquiry at the
departments Of the Superintendent
Of Public Education, Treasurer and
Auditor. the Times. Democrat CORE
spondent has elected the following
facts:
The aggregate Of tie debt due
by tue State as fixed by article 233
is $l.13O.S6 so. and the annual
interest thereon from Jan. /, 1880,
is $l5.2 20. It is the aggrecat
Of the debt. and not the amount Of
the capital of each township. that
is fixed by the Constitution.
Az each township or part of town.
slip in each parish has . separate
account. aud - many Of the town.
ships are partly aituatsd in two or
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-07

g,aveyards trembling with the
struggles Of the buried alive. That's
all bosh too. When people are
buried alive. as they certainly lave
been. they never wake up to know
it. When in a trance state their
vitality must be SO weak that when
they begin to regain consciousness
and attempt to breathe they die Of
suffocation Immediately. and never
know that they came to life again.
Buried for dead. they are pract;c-
ally dead"
THAT'S consoling, at my rate. |"
seid tie reporter. beginning to feel
- little "creepy" in the gloomy
room, that in his distorted imagina-
ton began to seem like the interior
If q tomb. The doctor did not
look unlike Father Time AS he
waved his scimeter.
This Miss Stickney was I'M
doubtedly in trance state when
she WAS buried" continued DIR.
Hammond. "Were it not for the
water around her heart she Nigh,
have regained consciousness"
"Is it possible to freeze human
being up for any length Of time and
then restore consciousness ?"
mo. not with q human being.
II can be done with some of tie
lower classes of animals. Frogs
are the highest grade to which it
can be carried successfully"
"Wby cant it be dore to men?'
Because, no matter how warm
or cold the atmosphere is. TIE tenn
peratnre Of n human being in good
health is always SO degrees in life.
Reduce that temperature to the
freezing point and it would kill the
person. Now. the temperature OF
a frog is always the same as the
surrounding air. If the mercury
goes mp to ITO degrees. the frogs
temperature goes mp there too.
without doing him any harm. In
the same way it will 20 down to
zero. snd the frogs not suffer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-07
A PUBLIC SHAME.


SCHOOL FUNDS STRANGELY ABSORBED.
The following, from the Ouachita
Telegraph. despite it's politica! bias
is worthy Of immediate answer by
those conversant with MI the facts:
Are the people of Louisiana
aware that large part Of The
school funds Paid by them are he
ing turned over to lawyer nj
Baton Rouge. who charges the
School Boards Of the parishes one
half for his services in getting the
funds ont of ths State treasury 4?
We have recently learned. to onr
utter amazement, that W. r. Eut
land. lawyer living in Baton
Rouge. is doing a splendid bnsi-
ness in representing S.hoo: Boards
in the collection from the State of
interest due them for several years
past, down to aud including 1856,
He charges oily the modest sum
Of one half the amount collected tor
his services. These funds are fixed
by the Constitution Of 1879. I'll.
appropriations IRE made by the
Legislatures. and it is the plain and
imperative duty Of every member
Of the State Administration to see
that the schools get the benefit Of
the taxes collected for them. Yet.
''for his services in getting these
taxes a lawyer is allowed one- half !
What services are necessary?
Must the people pay officials to
do their duties. and then pay law
yers to make them perform those
duties? Alas! poor Louisiana
Overtaxed, berithen with an army
Of useless officers. with schools
barely allie to run three months in
the year. yet these had earned
funds, which should he as sacred
as the ashes of the dead, mrst be
collected OF the State by the SER
vices of M attorney! 1t is enough,
to strike one dumb With amaze
ment and lief!
We do not undertake to say who
is to blame. But whether it be the
School Boards. the State Board oil
Education, the Auditor, or the
TREASURER. we are snre that it is a
disgrace to the administration un.
der which such outrageous prac.
tices are possible.
One-half the school funds fo,
collecting the other half. O. "
gods! This beats the famou.
Wiltz-McEnery land contract.